Stop Following and Start Leading

Learn about leadership through looking at the life of Moses and four keys to being a leader God uses; seven responsibilities of a spiritual leader; leading and succeeding at work with three ways to please the boss; and the five decisions leaders make in the small things.

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The Kind of Leader God Uses

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Part 1 of the series Stop Following and Start Leading

In this message, Pastor Rick looks at the example of Moses, the greatest leader of the Old Testament, and the four key issues that made him a leader that God could use: knowledge of his identity, acceptance of responsibility, defining the right priorities, and a focus on eternity.

Leading Like Jesus

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Part 2 of the series Stop Following and Start Leading

In this Father's Day message, Pastor Rick looks at spiritual leadership in the home as taught by the perfect spiritual father, Jesus Christ, in John 17. As Jesus prays in the Garden of Gethsemane, he gives us the seven responsibilities of a spiritual leader. This message is a great model for raising Purpose Driven kids.

Leading and Succeeding at Work

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Delivered on 6/26/2004

Part 3 of the series Stop Following and Start Leading

Pastor Lance Witt teaches that your work is a means of expressing worship to God, so please the Boss by being humble, caring for people, and doing what is right.

It's the Small Things That Get You

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Part 4 of the series Stop Following and Start Leading

Tom Holladay speaks on the small problems, small irritations and small difficulties that are a part of every one of our lives, using the example of Moses and the small thing that became his greatest struggle: the constant complaining of the Israelites.